Imagine for a moment that the Saudi Arabian government followed through on its vaguely expressed idea of floating a stake in Saudi Aramco, the world’s biggest oil producer. What exactly would investors be getting for their cash?

It certainly would not be a share in a straightforward profitmaking enterprise. National oil companies tend to be unconventional beasts at the best of times. And that is especially true in Aramco’s case. So much so, that it is often hard to see where the state stops and the company begins..................

Russian political analyst: Kremlin does not know what to do by Trump winning

Tue Nov 29, 2016 12:19 am by Admin

Last week marked by the unexpected victory of Donald Trump's presidential election in the United States, the passions around the International Criminal Court, the scandalous arrest of the Minister of Economic Development of …